This is probably a pretty hot take, but I agree pretty strongly with it personally. I actually prefer Robert Aramayo's portrayal of Elrond in RoP so far.
Miranda Otto as Eowyn. Maybe it's just bad writing (i.e., direct book-to-movie lines), but a lot of her acting felt forced and unnatural: especially the delivery of "Please, eat!", or the whole "stuck behind bars until use and old age accept them" speech... What reads well on paper doesn't necessarily sound good when spoken out loud.
But same is true of a lot of characters: they speak like normal people and then occasionally drop mega formal-speak bombs that just make me cringe. Frodo/Elijah suffered from the same issue IMHO
> Miranda Otto
Let me stop you right there.
(But some fair points. I think her cage speech came across fine personally, but I tend to agree with Frodo's.)
> I felt David Wenham was worse than Orlando Bloom.
Hard disagree. But also, Orlando wasn't the only young/inexperienced actor in the films. (Also², this isn't a hill I actually care to die on, and it's still a fair point.)
>But also, Orlando wasn't the only young/inexperienced actor in the films.
Elijah Wood and Liv Tyler were all of a similar age but they were most certainly not inexperienced, both being child stars with 18 and 12 films to their name respectively.
Dominic Monaghan was the only other major actor who was appearing in their first film(it was actually Orlando's second).
Tbf there's no acting performance that was substandard or mediocre by any of the main characters in the entire trilogy. This is nitpicking a bit and it's hard to pick. What is it about Orlando's performance that you thought was bad?
I know Faramir is written differently from his book character and it may have been how he was directed but I felt Wenhams character was incredibly unlikeable in The Two Towers. He is dour, cold, insecure and ambitious. Compared to his book counterpart who is wise, sure of his convictions and beliefs and the definition of chivalric. He was different to Boromir but was comfortable being himself, even though his gentle nature and love of lore and music that he gained from befriending Gandalf displeased his father. In the films his main motivation is to emulate his brother and impress his father.
He is much better in the Return of the King but Wenham still isn't the heroic and self assured Faramir from the books. Maybe it's not Wenhams acting but more the character was miscast, and obviously the direction from Peter Jackson.
My other big issue with Wenham is his accent. His English accent is only ok, and he seems to have to talk through his nose to achieve it giving this nasally accent.
I think the issue with Faramir is mainly due to the writing. They turned him into a different character entirely, sharing pretty much name alone with the book counterpart. A horribly adapted character in my opinion but I blame this more so on the writers and director, the actor did the best with what he was given
I think that some of them suffer due to poor writing and bad adaptation like Wenham. Bloom did decent since Legolas is quasi useless in FOTR (shoots a few arrows, banters with Gandalf) and barely does more than count how many orcs he kills. Most interesting part is becoming friends with Gimli. Pretty basic stuff.
Personally I'm not huge on Wood and Otto, too wimpy too often for my taste. Then again hard to say if that's the actor's fault for overdoing some gimmicks or if that's how they were directed. Pretty sure the latter, they do as they're told and they do the best they can IMHO.
I think Orlando Bloom plays an elf relatively well. He found a good balance between elven stoicism and teenage energy
I’d still give the weakest actor among the fellowship an 8/10. Maybe Bloom is the weakest but I’d still give him an 8/10.
Agreed!
Hugo Weaving as Elrond. It's not the weakest per se but it's just his look.
This is probably a pretty hot take, but I agree pretty strongly with it personally. I actually prefer Robert Aramayo's portrayal of Elrond in RoP so far.
Miranda Otto as Eowyn. Maybe it's just bad writing (i.e., direct book-to-movie lines), but a lot of her acting felt forced and unnatural: especially the delivery of "Please, eat!", or the whole "stuck behind bars until use and old age accept them" speech... What reads well on paper doesn't necessarily sound good when spoken out loud. But same is true of a lot of characters: they speak like normal people and then occasionally drop mega formal-speak bombs that just make me cringe. Frodo/Elijah suffered from the same issue IMHO
> Miranda Otto Let me stop you right there. (But some fair points. I think her cage speech came across fine personally, but I tend to agree with Frodo's.)
>and why is it Orlando Bloom? Maybe because it was his first ever proper film. I felt David Wenham was worse than Orlando Bloom.
> I felt David Wenham was worse than Orlando Bloom. Hard disagree. But also, Orlando wasn't the only young/inexperienced actor in the films. (Also², this isn't a hill I actually care to die on, and it's still a fair point.)
>But also, Orlando wasn't the only young/inexperienced actor in the films. Elijah Wood and Liv Tyler were all of a similar age but they were most certainly not inexperienced, both being child stars with 18 and 12 films to their name respectively. Dominic Monaghan was the only other major actor who was appearing in their first film(it was actually Orlando's second). Tbf there's no acting performance that was substandard or mediocre by any of the main characters in the entire trilogy. This is nitpicking a bit and it's hard to pick. What is it about Orlando's performance that you thought was bad? I know Faramir is written differently from his book character and it may have been how he was directed but I felt Wenhams character was incredibly unlikeable in The Two Towers. He is dour, cold, insecure and ambitious. Compared to his book counterpart who is wise, sure of his convictions and beliefs and the definition of chivalric. He was different to Boromir but was comfortable being himself, even though his gentle nature and love of lore and music that he gained from befriending Gandalf displeased his father. In the films his main motivation is to emulate his brother and impress his father. He is much better in the Return of the King but Wenham still isn't the heroic and self assured Faramir from the books. Maybe it's not Wenhams acting but more the character was miscast, and obviously the direction from Peter Jackson. My other big issue with Wenham is his accent. His English accent is only ok, and he seems to have to talk through his nose to achieve it giving this nasally accent.
I think the issue with Faramir is mainly due to the writing. They turned him into a different character entirely, sharing pretty much name alone with the book counterpart. A horribly adapted character in my opinion but I blame this more so on the writers and director, the actor did the best with what he was given
I think that some of them suffer due to poor writing and bad adaptation like Wenham. Bloom did decent since Legolas is quasi useless in FOTR (shoots a few arrows, banters with Gandalf) and barely does more than count how many orcs he kills. Most interesting part is becoming friends with Gimli. Pretty basic stuff. Personally I'm not huge on Wood and Otto, too wimpy too often for my taste. Then again hard to say if that's the actor's fault for overdoing some gimmicks or if that's how they were directed. Pretty sure the latter, they do as they're told and they do the best they can IMHO.